Flat Earth Society still going strong

TipTop · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:33

The Flat Earth Society has become a byword for sticking your head in the sand, whatever the scientific facts. David Adam tries to make sense of its new president, Daniel Shenton

Daniel Shenton should be the most irrational man in the world. As the new president of the Flat Earth Society, you'd imagine he would also think that evolution is a scam and global warming a myth. He should argue that smoking does not cause cancer and HIV does not lead to Aids.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/feb/23/flat-earth-society

Way too funny to post but I couldn't stop myself.

danza · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:46

Cosimo · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:48

I remember when I sailed off the edge and came back around the other side.

Where would we be without eccentrics like this.

dannyjo22 · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:49

No less mental that half the world that believes God created Adam and Eve.

deuse · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:49

Just lol at him.

apeZ · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:50

Such utter drivel.

Gaidin109 · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:50

dannyjo22 said:
No less mental that half the world that believes God created Adam and Eve.

I did.

d_brennen · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:51

dannyjo22 said:
No less mental that half the world that believes God created Adam and Eve.

Amen, brother!

LOAM · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:57

Fantastic, although he is self apointed president and has ressurected it from extinction in the 50's I think its great.

The hollow earth chaps are an interesting read also

NightSt@lk3r · 28 Feb 2010 at 13:58

Global Warming is a myth.

izzy eckerslike · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:00

dannyjo22 said:
No less mental that half the world that believes God created Adam and Eve.

Or indeed that there is even a god in the first place

ChroniC · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:01

The funniest thing is that no one in the olden times actually thought the world was flat, its a totally made up story.

Danm54 · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:02

NightSt@lk3r said:
Global Warming is a myth.

+1 to that, besides, if the planet is flat (contradiction right there) then any excess water that is the result of melting ice caps would flow over these barriers of some kind that hold the water in the disc that is earth.

He's on to something here!

danza · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:06

I suppose that if the ring of mountains/ice/plastic lip around the edge of the earth develops a leak, all the water drains away.

That'd suck.

Calabi · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:28

I dont think they actually believe the earth is flat, its sort of a logic game, and its just cool to be different.

TipTop · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:29

danza said:
I suppose that if the ring of mountains/ice/plastic lip around the edge of the earth develops a leak, all the water drains away.

That'd suck.

Gaidin109 · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:41

It could be flat, with slightly curved edges. mavity in the middle, viola flat earth you can go around without falling off. All the NASA stuff is just faked conspiracy stuff.

grudas · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:46

NightSt@lk3r said:
Global Warming is a myth.

+1

RS_Maverick · 28 Feb 2010 at 15:16

dannyjo22 said:
No less mental that half the world that believes God created Adam and Eve.

...what he said.

Reminds me of the cretonist "museum" in the States that was on the news a while back. Adam and Eve were portrayed as walking around with dinosaurs a-la The Flintstones.

markweatherill · 28 Feb 2010 at 15:33

It's an interesting position to adopt for argument's sake.
For example, in three dimensions the world is round but in higher dimensions the geometry might be very different.